If anyone is using this kit, here's an issue and fix I was able to get working properly.
I noticed that if the description for an item contained just a few words for a line and the item had an image, etc., the whole item would not be centered in the container area and would be floated left.
In my example, normal width of the container was around 755px and with it configured such-as this, the items width was around 260px; the maximum width of the image.
I was able to resolve this by adding the following line to the timeline.css file (at line 117):
.vco-slider .slider-item .content .content-container .text{min-width:705px;}
You'll need to adjust this accoding to your skin, the container, etc.
After doing this, the items were centered and looked normal.
Hope this will help someone else.